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  1. Ian, I think you'll find that the top frame was made at Erfurt, the Erfurt Lugers all had the little "step" milled into the frame where the barrel joins the frame. DWM produced P.08s with the standard 4 inch barrel did not. The "step" is for the adjustable sight on the Artillery models. Or, since its been chopped and changed over the years, might have been an Artillery part originally. The lower frame with the Naval markings has to be DWM as well but a 1908 Naval model. The frame was slightly longer than the P08, on the original Naval models, 1904 and 1906.
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  2. Nice, but... the Armada CETMEs had 'FN' ('Fuerza Naval' = Naval Force) before the serial number instead 'ET' ('Ejército de Tierra' = Land Army); and yes the LVs had their own detachable rear sights with two side screws kinda like the SUSAT, they were mainly used (at least in my Tercio, el Tercio Norte) for storage. It was mounted quite forward on that block, while most the SUSATs were stored by their own in the 'pañol' ('pañol' = the weapons/ammo room); the SUSATs were mounted on that rail quite backwards and were provided with several weights that mount forward on that rail, on my company we had 3 LVs with the SUSAT and the weights permanently and it (the SUSAT) was covered with a kind of spongy cover, i think it was made out of neoprene.
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  3. I thank Ian for the visit. It's a nice morale boost. Especially since Ian was honest about most stuff so not complete propaganda. From the lower serviceman's perspective the LMT contact won because of the price. We're penny pinching like crazy here and the situation kind of demands it. I would have preferred a longer barrel because I was use to the better ballistics of Galil AR. But one can't deny the ergonomics and comfort of the R-20.
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  4. I wonder how many years I've watched this channel, I've no clue. I only know that this is where I find quality, and I've never left.
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  5. This stuff happened routinely in the Nfa business in the 90s early 2000s. I saw it often, tried to warn people. It just didn’t happen on this scale. I routinely saw improper conversions sold as original guns. Used to have a group of customers come to our table to ask our opinion before buying at knob creek. Conversion bolt uzis or hk pacs instead of properly converted guns. Or conversions that simply didn’t run. I remember a hi21a belt fed by volmer. The guy spent big money on it. It never ran. I think terry dyer spent almost a year redoing it. On place sold a registered pack installed in a stolen sbr upper. Lots of big dealers back then were thieves. Don’t forget all the pie in the sky projects that people got burned on too Valkrie arms, the rpd/saw Mac conversions, the shrike. Etc.
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  6. Get this man an honorary French citizenship already! Or a Légion d'Honneur !
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  7. Bonne prestation et mention spéciale au cosplay du "légionnaire".
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  8. I have a reweld "tanker" 30.06- bought it in the mid 80's and had the very trouble that Ian spoke of- the operating rod dragged and I always had trouble with it-could not get more than 2 shots out of a clip. This past year, while on Covid lay-off- I took it out and 'fixed' it, tried to straighten out the old rod, carved away some of the interior wood, finally got a new rod from Numrich, which was sized for the tanker. Now the rod works with no drag- anxious to try it- haven't shot it since the mid 80's- hopefully the problem is solved. Thanks Ian for a great (as always) clip! P.S. I had a friend that shot it way back when- it is a 30.06, no muzzle brake, and when he fired a few shots, his exact comment was: "This thing was forged on the anvil of hell by the devil himself", I always get a smile when I think of that...
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  9. Wow, I did not expect very many comments on this, especially so many nice ones. A sincere Thank You to everyone, you are all appreciated. I just wanted to go do something challenging, awesome & fun - ending up on YouTube was <flips through messy logistical paperwork> not part of the plan, and certainly unexpected.
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  10. Ian, the simple fact that you put this together, and have such great content, will make me buy this just to support everything you do. Thank you.
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  11. The Graf Spee and her sister ships (none of them were identical: they were all different lengths) were designed for very long range, but only with diesel fuel not available in sufficient quantity in South America, whose trucks mostly ran on gasoline. Ordinary bunker oil was available everywhere, not least because the Royal Navy bought it. The solution was to provide a system to make bunker oil work in the Graf Spee's diesels (largely by steam-heating it, as was done to make waste fish and chip shop cooking oil work in diesel engines in the recent past.) This system being an afterthought, it was outside the strongly-protected parts of the ship. The Graf Spee was intended to be able to fight any British cruiser with impunity (it was the cruisers, not the battleships, which had the range and speed to catch her) and so armour was added to protect the fuel system from British 8" shells. However, German Naval intelligence took their understanding of the penetration of most standard British shells by what had happened to the ships that returned to Germany after the battle of Jutland in WW1. The Royal Navy, meanwhile, had concluded, also from the slightly disappointing outcome of the battle of Jutland, that their shells didn't penetrate as well as perhaps they might, and a project was put in hand to make better shells, especially for 8" and 15" guns, which continued in service between the wars and into WW2. This, coupled with the fact that the fuel system was what the Royal Navy was going to hit if someone aimed at the Graf Spee's director tower (the standard aiming point for British cruisers at the time) -and missed, resulted in Exeter's three hits on Graf Spee taking out the fuel system. The 6" guns on Ajax and Achilles (Leander class cruisers) weren't capable of doing this. But they were firing at twice the rate which German Naval Intelligence had told Captain Landsdorf of the Graf Spee to expect. So, they did "no critical damage" but even non-critical damage becomes a problem if there's enough of it and pretty well everything that could be hurt by a 6" shell, was hurt. This meant that even if the Graf Spee had been able to avoid further combat with the Royal Navy, she wouldn't have been able to make any friendly port with any fuel that was available in sufficient quantity to purchase in Uruguay or Argentina. Cunning schoolboy deception plots not-withstanding, HMS Cumberland really had arrived, and she had eight of the 8" guns which had done the problematic damage (Exeter was a lighter class and had only six main guns.) So, the ship really there and visible on the horizon was sufficient to further seriously damage Graf Spee and even if she got past Cumberland, she could only hope to make another neutral port further North, which would be in range of Royal Navy Battleships and Battlecruisers that could sink her with one salvo. The main reason why Graf Spee was patrolling where she was, was to stay out of the normal range of such heavy British units. Despite the damage done to Exeter, she was able to reach the Falklands for repairs. This is the other end of Argentina, one of the world's longest countries, and represents an awesome feat of seamanship for the crew of a heavily-damaged vessel using improvised steering gear.
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  12. Excellent collection of videos on the FNC! I purchased an FNC with a transferable S&H sear about 9 months ago (still waiting on the form 4 to be approved).
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  13. You deserved it! The work and the passion you put into this channel is immense. Thank you for entertaining and informing us throughout all these years.
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  14. Ian, if you read the YouTube comments (and are taking a poll) I much prefer these 1-question 6-8 minutes answers to Paetreon questions than the previous monthly hour+ long Q&A sessions. They seem to allow you to give a fuller answer to the question than the previous videos. Just my point of view.
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  15. 10 round mags isn't that bad man, I was reloading a lever action!!!! Even if I timed out on most stages I'll still say I had the most fun running the lever gun. Except for when I had to reload.
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  16. Old video, but hopefully you see this comment Ian. If you ever have the opportunity to get your hands on a Martini-Henry Greener or Martini Cadet in the original .310 Greener/Cadet, please pleas PLEASE!!! feature it sometime! The .310 Greener/Cadet rifles are extremely difficult to acquire these days outside of Australia, and the ammunition is no longer commercially manufactured -- only cases are available. The rifle is notable for occupying a very interesting place in Australian firearms law, being pretty much the only Martini variant which qualifies as an unrestricted antique firearm here due to the ammunition and rifles first being manufactured in 1900, before federation in 1901 and the ammunition not being commercially available. More interestingly, most surviving examples were converted in-house by the Australian federal armories to more common calibres like .22LR or Win 32-20 then sold commercially as surplus.
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  17. I would be happy to support you(and a number of other youtubers) simply because I want to continue getting the great content I get normally, and as a thank you for everything I've seen in the past. It's not really about the rewards for me(and I don't really care for things being behind a paywall in general). That being said, the biggest issue is that I just don't have the money to really support anyone. Good luck with all your projects and keep up the good work!
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  18. Im gonna try this with my Lee Enfield No4Mk2 once i zero my scope.
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  19. He was really inspirational and took a long time to chat with my son about his time in the army and life in general. Had big impact on a 12yo boy.
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  20. I designed a d*mn fine weapon! 😉 Ian, you did a fine job with this video, but I'll add a few points for depth: Designations: ZB = Zbrojovka Brno, that is a factory designation vz. = vzor, which means "model" this is a Czech military designation Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Jugoslavia had a mutual defense pact, nicknamed "The Little Entant" to keep Hungary in check. As part of this pact, the three countries agreed to standardize on weapons and ammunition. That is why Czechoslovakia and Romania adopted the vz.24 in 7,92x57mm, Jugoslavia adopted the FN Model 24, also in 7,92x57mm, and all adopted the ZB-26/ZB-30/ZB-30J series of LMGs
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  21. I'm so happy to see Headstamp Publishing being so successful. There are few such quality publishers today releasing new books on old and/or obscure subjects in any discipline. I hope that someday they can also branch out to do other subjects that are only tangentially or are unrelated to firearms. The quality of these books should make museums and universities sit up and take notice.
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  22. Stay safe and well. I've volunteered to go back into the NHS and watching your vids keep me going on my breaks
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  23. Thank you Ian for your great work. Regarding your tests of Spanish weapons, as a former green beret in Spain (during mandatory service in the 90s) I love that you see so positively the weapons that were designed and made here in Spain with few resources and a lot of inventiveness "against the elements", haha! (mainly government cutbacks on original design). Your work is extraordinary. Thank you very much indeed and congratulations for this site!
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  24. Cool thing Ian, i actually found a type 93 myself not long ago, in some Diner near a Metro station. Mine had a personal marking on the receiver though: 玄龍 which translates to "black dragon". Thanks to your vid.. ehm holotapes, i learned how important gun preservation is, so i donated my type 93 to the Capitol Preservation Society.
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  25. Your fitness seems to have been considerably improved over the past few years. Fantastic.
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  26. As a 3rd generation Finn in the US my grandfather who as a teen fought in the Winter/ Continuation wars and served in the US Airforce for decades would get a kick out of this! SISU.
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  27. Holy shit. I just want to say congratulations. I still remember when the Forgotten Weapons had a theme song and a sound came through the camera's mic. Here you are cooperating with gun manufacturers to build a gun based on sound engineering with some history behind it with your guys approval. Some way to go.
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  28. AH, Yan XiShan, the warlord from my province, who set up a lot of industrial base for the province. I was lucky enough to visit his mansion on my summer leave after high school. I strongly recommend you to go to Taiyuan when the world is back to normal.
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  29. It was an honor to help you and our curator Jan with your videos here, hope to see you again in the future.
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  30. These kind of announcements to non patreon/utreon folks is why I was able to sign up for and attend Desert brutality last month. Please please please keep doing these little announcements for public registration for brutality matches, it will bring many more people, and new people, to the matches
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  31. My fiancee bought me the French 75 poster for my birthday in August and it's now proudly framed above my cocktail bar!
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  32. Thanks for the little break down I love these short educational videos that illustrate different operating mechanisms and not just the guns as a whole
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  33. Most excellent video as always Ian, thanks kindly for putting so much thought into it. As a semi-old guy, I read Col. Cooper's writings since the early '70's and am quite familiar with the Scout Rifle concept. In practice, the greatest deficiency of a scope mounted that far forward is when the sun is behind the shooter. Sort of like when one is trying to take a photo with one's phone and the sun is over our shoulder - we really can't see what we're taking the photo of. The closest I came to building my own was a much modified Marlin 336 with a Leupold 2.5X scope mounted in the usual rear position. Because that scope has an extremely generous and forgiving eye box, it was about the fastest shooting rifle I or others who tried it had run - out to about 200 meters max. I am cognizant that a lever action and the .30-30 cartridge disqualify my build as a true Scout Rifle, nonetheless it suited my particular wants/needs for hiking and hunting in southern BC. Anyway sir, well done once again! Anymore these days I seemingly purchase less and less gun magazines and find more satisfaction in patreon support of keen young firearms enthusiasts such as yourself. Stay well sir.
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  34. I got my blue covered autographed copy. It's officially the most expensive hard back book in my collection at this time, but it was well worth it. That was also the first time I ever backed a crowd funded thing of any kind, so the fact that it came through and it was more than I expected is just icing on the cake. I love the time and effort that you put into it. I've also got a thing for first editions and autographed copies as a book collector, so there's that on top. I can't wait for your other books. When you decide to make more, I'll do my best part to help get them paid for.
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  35. My cousin bought a sporterized Mauser last week and was worried it wasn’t what he thought it was (bought it cheap enough it didn’t really matter if it was real). Thanks to what I’ve learned from your videos I was able to tell him it was in fact real and was able to tell him how I knew. Thanks for what you do for the firearm collectors community
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  36. Hello Ian. Hello everybody Hopefully quarantine is going smoothly for you all.
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  37. Got my signature edition on Saturday. Absolutely an excellent book.
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  38. Sorry, Ian, the "cp" mark is the commercial mark of the Honourable London Company of Gunmakers, the other Commercial Proof House ( other than Birmingham) The Northern Territor Police ( Australia) used .455 Colts ( viewed onein 2000 or so, too expensive) And NT also used Mod 712 Schnellfeuers in the 1920s ( HM Customs anti-Piracy use). I also had a request from Prague, for .455 cases some 20 yrs ago; from an owner of an RAF marked Colt, ??Czech RAF pilot? Returned to Prague after WWII, imprisoned by Red regime, pistol hidden or went to friend and into post- 1989 liberation collectors market? Interesting history...never did get to supply cases !!! Doc AV
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  39. I wonder where Jack got that question. 😀 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxGzLt_fErk Thanks, Ian, for giving us the technical answer! You rock.
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  40. Thank you for this video. Hugo was my Great Grandfather. I noticed our last name is always mispronounced in the gun world. You're pronouncing it french. With a ch, and d sound, dropping the t sound. It is a German last name. The ch has a c sound, and the d is silent. The "t" is pronounced sounds like cart. (Boar cart) I was told by my father, that Luger stole my Great Grandfather's design, and patented it in his name. Just a bit of side history. It is nice to be able to look up family history. My father had said he invented a riffle. Thats what I was curious about, and found you.🙂
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  41. ian your camera work has improved so much over the years that old men like me can really see the internals thx so much, hope y'all are safe my day starts with you
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  42. 4 free things to do during lockdown: 1. Watch forgotten weapon 2. Read forgotten weapons 3. do research into forgotten weapons 4. watch some more forgotten weapons
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  43. In the crypt where the paratroopers died, our elite commando soldiers still swear their oath. Also, there's a Czech movie called Lidice, which is technically a sequel, is shows a story of a village that was massacred because the Nazis needed someone to blame.
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  44. The front pad screws have been made in the same way as the screws on a high end shotgun. The pad was fixed and torqued up with threaded rod. The rod was then scribed and marked, removed, and cut to flush fit length. The screw slots were then cut to alignment. Thus the screws then were an exact fit into the pad. The marks on the rifle indicate to me that someone tried to recut the screw slots with a Dremel or similar - possibly when they tried to fix a set of repro pads.
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  45. Thank you for highlighting PEW Science laboratory data and analysis! We are living in the best time for silencers!
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  46. Ian hit it on the "head" with this answer! I work at FN America in Columbia SC as a barrel QA technician in the barrel shop. This is exactly what headspace is and the importance of it being correct. If you have the experience and means to get the gages to check it , do it. If not please don't try. Excellent video on this topic Ian!
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  47. I just checked my Eforms and my Presample M78 Valmet in 5.56 is now Transferable! 😁
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  48. On the Expert or Impostor aspect I prefer the term Professional. A professional will always be willing to learn and not get offended if (s)he is corrected, The day you stop learning it is time to hang up your hat and retire.
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  49. As a South African I'm very impressed by this guy's history. He's spot on about everything 👌🏻
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  50. I'm also a collector of gas delayed pistols, lovely to see this Ian. The ADP was not available in 45 ACP but rather a shorter GAP like 45 ADP. Only a few were made by Alex as prototypes. Alex was the owner of my local neighbourhood gun shop back in the day, so got to see these things. I'm looking for a Norinco 77 and the CCP myself. Have models of P7/GB/ADP/CP1
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